Hello! My name is Melissa McCoy! Background: I grew up in rural Southeast, KS in the small town of Cherryvale where hometown pride is thick and the people are amazing! I have a wonderful family that I love spending time with...it keeps getting bigger and bigger. Education: After graduation, I went to Pittsburg State University where I threw track and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. I earned a bachelors of science in elementary education. I have went on to earn a masters of science in adaptive and function special education K-12 and am currently working on my building leadership certificate from Pittsburg State as well. Job: I began my teaching career with Kansas City Kansas Public Schools at John F. Kennedy Elementary where I was a Student Learning Center teacher grades 3-5. I have been a special education teacher leader for the past two years, supporting the SLC classrooms for the Wyandotte and Harmon Clusters.
Interests: Cooking, Decorating my Apartment, Fly Fishing, Hunting, Shopping, Walking/Hiking
Books: House Rules by Jodi Picoult, Human Side of Change, The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman, Learn to be an Optimist by Lucy MacDonald, Teach with you Strengths by Rosanne Liesveld and Jo AnnMiller, The Essential 55 by Ron Clark